Posts by Laurie King
Laurie in Lisboa
As you may know, I’m currently in Lisbon working hard on the next Russell and Holmes novel—although I’ll be flitting northwards in the time zone this afternoon, to join the intrepid duo for a party in their Sussex cottage, where I hope you’ll join us: the party is set up on Twitterfall.com/#hivegod (All Tweets should…
Read MoreThe God of the Hive, portion the fourth
The final excerpt of The God of the Hive (only a month to go until pub date!) is up (via the book page), in which Mary Russell hides behind milk canisters, and meets a gun. Come back here to Mutterings in two days for my comments on the rewrite process of this chapter, and a…
Read MoreA Case in Correspondence: Part Thirteen
A series of communications (employing means as varied as re-used post cards and the agony columns of the Times) has come to light between Mary Russell and Other Important People, which will be revealed during the Twenty Weeks of Buzz. It follows the 1992 (not a typo!) tale published last year as MyStory (or, The…
Read MoreA Twitterpated Twitterparty
I hope you’ll join us this coming Sunday for a Russell and Holmes (virtual) house party. You—yes, you!—are invited by Miss Russell and her curmudgeonly husband to a party at their Sussex Downs cottage. If you are on Twitter, you can add your voice to the conversation and maybe be offered a glass of honey…
Read MoreWinners, and A Case in Correspondence: Week Thirteen
The winners of this week’s contests are… For last week’s puzzle contest, Marc B. won the prize, a mini-broadside of “A Venomous Death.” Send in your solution to this week’s puzzle for your chance to win! Shawn S. won this week’s Goodreads drawing. Over at the Virtual Book Club, we had quite a few winners…
Read MoreKeeping Watch
This is week thirteen of this spring’s Twenty Weeks of Buzz, when each Tuesday I post remarks about the background of one of the twenty books. This week, Keeping Watch, published in 2003. I wanted to write a man. Often the seed of one of my books is something that only has significance for me:…
Read MoreIt’s all a puzzle
We’ve had quite the puzzling time of it during the Twenty Weeks of Buzz, with a total of five brain twisters provided by a few clever fans. This week is your last chance to match wits with our Twenty Weeks puzzles, so head over to the puzzle page and download this week’s Bee-fore and After…
Read MoreLRK, Fernando Pessoa, and coffee
I came to Lisbon to write. I got here Friday, following a lot of travel and those days of chaos that precede a long trip, and managed to check my email. Period. The rest of the day was travel and catching up with my daughter and son in law, who have lived here since October.…
Read MoreA Case in Correspondence: Part Twelve
A series of communications (employing means as varied as re-used post cards and the agony columns of the Times) has come to light between Mary Russell and Other Important People, which will be revealed during the Twenty Weeks of Buzz. It follows the 1992 (not a typo!) tale published last year as MyStory (or, The…
Read MoreAnd the winners are…
The winners of this week’s drawings are: Goodreads winner (mini-broadside): Georgia O. Feb. 27 newsletter drawing winner (of a God of the Hive ARC): Amanda L. Sign up here for a chance to win your own this month! Twitter winner (of a mini-broadside): Ana S. from Portugal And the one you’ve all been waiting for……
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